[MIT Technology Review] BigDataFr recommends: With a Little AI, Apple Watch May Be Able to Spot a Heart Problem

BigDataFr recommends: With a Little AI, Apple Watch May Be Able to Spot a Heart Problem

[…] The Apple Watch is not a medical device. Sure, it can keep an eye on large changes in your heart rate, making it reasonably good at telling you how long you worked out for. But anything more than that is a bit outside its capabilities.

Which is why it’s interesting that on Thursday, a study emerged suggesting that readings from an Apple Watch can indeed be used to detect atrial fibrillation—a worrisome heart condition that, if the sufferer isn’t hooked up to a heart monitor, often produces no noticeable symptoms. […]